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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence 6/2006

01-12-2006 | Original Paper

Lying Behavior, Family Functioning and Adjustment in Early Adolescence

Auteurs: Rutger C. M. E. Engels, Catrin Finkenauer, Dyana C. van Kooten

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 6/2006

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Abstract

Communication between children and parents has been the subject of several studies, examining the effects of, for example, disclosure and secrecy on adolescents’ social relationships and adjustment. Less attention has paid to adolescent deception. We developed and tested a new instrument on lying behavior in a sample of 671 parent-adolescent couples. Analyses on the psychometric properties showed that this instrument had one principal component, and high internal consistency, item-total correlations and inter-item correlations. Lying was moderately associated with other indicators of parent-child communication, the quality of the parent-child relationship, and with parenting practices. In addition, frequent lying was moderately related to behavioral problems and emotional problems.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Lying Behavior, Family Functioning and Adjustment in Early Adolescence
Auteurs
Rutger C. M. E. Engels
Catrin Finkenauer
Dyana C. van Kooten
Publicatiedatum
01-12-2006
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 6/2006
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-006-9082-1

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